ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39953
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| Date: | Saturday 29 May 1999 |
| Time: | 15:45 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 |
| Owner/operator: | Millstone Valley Flt School |
| Registration: | N98122 |
| MSN: | 28-26055 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8175 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hillsborough, NJ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Somerville, NJ (47N) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot could not figure out how to get the starter to engage, so he radioed for assistance. The pilot was then told to rotate the ignition switch all the way to the right, and then push in. The starter engaged. The pilot then taxied to the runway, preformed a run-up check, and departed. After becoming airborne, the airplane assumed a 10 to 15 degree climb attitude, and turned left 20 degrees for noise abatement. According to a witness, after completing the turn and reaching approximately 200 feet above ground level, the airplane stalled. The nose of the airplane pitched up and down, but never went below the horizon. The airplane's right wing then impacted a tree, rolled inverted, and impacted the ground in a nose low attitude. No pre-impact failures or malfunctions were discovered during the examination of the wreckage. The pilot had logged a total of 117 hours of flight experience and was signed off in the accident airplane approximately 2 months before the accident. No documentation was discovered that indicated the pilot had any flight experience in the accident airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the accident airplane's make and model.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC99FA125
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 15:13 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2024 05:47 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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